Eco 14 - Page 346

APPENDIX N: RealSpeak SPEECH TIPS
ECO Manual
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Below is a chart of various symbols (period, comma, punctuation, etc.) that can be used to guide
pronunciation as you enter phonetic text.
Symbol Meaning Phonetic Use Spoken as
-
(Hyphen)
Syllable
boundary
h eh - 1 l ow ! Hello!
!
(Exclamation mark)
Sentence
ender
h eh - 1 l ow ! Hello!
& Word boundary h eh - 1 l ow & ,
h aw
& ao r & y uw ?
Hello, how are
you?
,
(Comma)
Sentence ender h eh - 1 l ow & ,
h aw & ao r & y uw ?
Hello, how are
you?
.
(Period)
Sentence ender h eh - 1 l ow . Hello.
?
(Question mark)
Sentence ender h eh - 1 l ow ? Hello?
_
(Underscore)
Silence h eh - 1 l ow _
h aw & ao r & y uw ?
Hello…..
How are you?
1 Primary stress h eh - 1 l ow
2 Secondary stress Ax - 2 f r ih - k ax - n ay - 1 z ey
- sh ax n
Africanization
 A Note about Text and Speech Markers: If you are storing a message and enter a
phonetically spelled word, also enter the correctly spelled word and use the Text and Speech
Marker tools (page
Error! Bookmark not defined.) so your device will speak the word
correctly and show the correct word on the display, but will hide the phonetic pronunciation.